Receptaque ad se prope omnium officiorum cura, cum patris nomine et epistolas ipse dictaret, et edicta conscriberet, orationesque in Senatu recitaret etiam quæstoris vice, præfecturam quoque prætorii suscepit, nunquam ad id tempus, nisi ab Equite Romano, administratum.”
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Coiten , v. to play quoits, Prompt., Palsg.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

His idea of conversation, as shown in a hundred places in Boswell, is to overcome your adversary at any cost; to knock him down by arguments, or, when these fail, by personal ridicule; to dogmatize on every possible question, pronounce a few oracles, and then desist with the air of victory.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

motive, reason ( para, de , for; para que, por que , why), grounds; con—— on account.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

They were Caius Duilius, Publius Decius Mus, Marcus Papirius, Quintus Publilius, and Titus Æmilius; who underwent a task most difficult to be managed, and dissatisfactory in general to both parties, certainly always so to one, both with moderation in other respects, as well as at the public expense, rather than with any loss [to the creditors].
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Nemo enim tam caeca mente, qui non hoc ipsum videat: nemo tam stolido ingenio, qui non intelligat; tam pertinaci judicio, qui non agnoscat, ab his idiotis circumforaneis, sacram pollui Theologiam, ac caelestes Musas quasi prophanum quiddam prostitui.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

To’udawada is also the only native whom I ever saw wearing a sun-helmet; otherwise he is a decent fellow (physically quite pleasant looking), tall, with a broad, intelligent face.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Finally, seeing that there remained memory of Giotto not only in the works that issued from his hands, but in those also that issued from the hand of the writers of those times, he having been the man who recovered the true method of painting, which had been lost for many years before him; therefore, by public decree and by the effort and particular affection of the elder Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, in admiration of the talent of so great a man his portrait was placed in S. Maria del Fiore, carved in marble by Benedetto da Maiano, an excellent sculptor, together with the verses written below, made by that divine man, Messer Angelo Poliziano, to the end that those who should become excellent in any profession whatsoever might be able to cherish a hope of obtaining, from others, such memorials as these that Giotto deserved and obtained in liberal measure from his goodness: Ille ego sum, per quem pictura extincta revixit, Cui quam recta manus, tam fuit et facilis.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

N'ai-je pas quatre pieds aussi bien que les autres?
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

τῆς γὰρ τοιαύτης σπεδῆς ἔνεκα , &c. hujus causa oportuit disciplinam constitui, ut tam pueri quam puellae choreas celebrent, spectenturque ac spectent, &c. 5166 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

OLD PLUMBER Quite probably, quite probably.
— from Mr. Faust by Arthur Davison Ficke

ut et qui salvantur ideo salvi sint, quia illos voluit Deus salvos fieri, et qui pereunt, ideo pereant, quia perire meruerunt. ”
— from Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise by Joseph Pohle

It is the latter priceless qualification [pg 274] which usually pulls a man through.
— from A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay

Thou hast neither made me a merchant nor a barrister":— 38 "Neque enim, pater, ire jubebas Qua via lata patet, qua pronior area lucri, Certaque condendi fulget spes aurea nummi: Nec rapis ad leges, male custoditaque gentis Jur
— from Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett

The passages quoted prove that he wished to exclude these cardinal truths from the class of hypotheses, which he said he did not make; and to do this he had to define them.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer

“I say,” continued Dick, as he lit his cigar again, “isn’t it ( puff ) quite ( puff ) true?”
— from A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn

“Las personas que parecen á proposito para las vacantes que contiene este Memorial del S o .
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

"Little Tich" and "Collins." —The former, not the Little Tich of Drury Lane Pantomime, but Sir Henry Tichborne , Bart., has, for absence of mind and body, thus not fulfilling his duties as High Sheriff, been fined by Mr. Justice Collins five hundred pounds— quids pro quo —unless he can show some just cause or impediment.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 by Various

Polidamas Q. Polidamus F 1 F 2 F 3 .
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9] by William Shakespeare